Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
My name is Adrian. I'm a Software Engineer and I spent 6 years developing a perimeter-based geofence-based social media app. What it does: - Allows you to load a custom perimeter anywhere on the geographic map (180° E and W longitude and 90° N and S latitude), to cover area any area of interest - Chat rooms get loaded within the perimeter - You can chat with people within the perimeter I developed a mobile app that uses an advanced geofence-based networking system from 2013 to 2019. My goal was to connect users within polygon geofences anywhere in the world. The app is capable of loading…
This mobile app allows users to draw custom geographic perimeters anywhere on a map and access location-based chat rooms with others within those boundaries. Developed over six years, the app uses geofence technology… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, I built a location-based chatroom with Discord-like servers. This started as a portfolio project to learn WebSockets but has spiraled into something else entirely. There are two features right now: Drop - Single chatrooms that can only be seen within a specified radius and only last for a time less than 48 hours chosen by the user. Hubs - Geofenced servers modeled after Discord. These are not time restricted. They can be created by anyone and the creator becomes the admin able to add channels and set rules. When a user enters the location’s area, they can join the hub and continue…
Nov 2025 · vicinity.social · its alternatives →
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Hi folks! I'm excited to show you gis.chat, a geospatial chat platform in both senses: a platform about geospatial topics and a geospatial platform itself, referencing the location of our communities. The setup is fairly simple and reproducible: a plain Zulip instance and a homepage with geospatial search capabilities. It seems almost trivial but it has some very nice features. I guess you should be familiar with Zulips stream/topic model to follow along (https://zulip.com/help/streams-and-topics). The core idea is that there are city-specific streams (currently…
2023 · gis.chat · its alternatives →
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2015 · idoco.github.io · its alternatives →
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SpatialChat 3.0▲505All-in-one space for collaboration, all-hands and networking
2022 · spatial.chat · its alternatives →
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2016 · zonemessenger.com · its alternatives →
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Real-time Geospatial and Geofencing. Contribute to tidwall/tile38 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…
2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →
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A multiplayer geography game using Websockets. Contribute to abrenaut/posio development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Real-time Geospatial and Geofencing. Contribute to tidwall/tile38 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I build ChatGPT-2D with the idea to enable people to branch AI conversations interactively, pose contextual questions based on AI response and visualize your entire dialogue on a 2 dimensional map interface. What do you think?
2023 · superusapp.com · its alternatives →
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Telegram 4.4▲278Broadcast your current location to any chat in real time
2017 · telegram.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · geochat.hackclub.com · its alternatives →
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Instant Map Chat▲198Chat with people in real-time on a Google Map
2016 · introvert.com · its alternatives →
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I find myself often texting people, "where are you?" so I wrote this little iPhone app that lets me text them a special link. When they click the link, it uses the HTML5 geolocation API to report their location and shows it on a map. http://whru.at/ It's only as accurate as the HTML5 geolocation API, but I've been finding it pretty useful. What do you think?
2012 · whru.at · its alternatives →
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Geo-Frame▲64A competitive location based social media application.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Stuntmark▲92We use AI sentiment analysis for location based content
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Connect to everyone around you in 1km radius
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Simply Local▲113Hyperlocal social network with channels, area-broadcast
2022 · simplylocalx.com · its alternatives →
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